one of the examples of what the government -- when the government does not know how to deal with people, like people using peaceful methods to defy the status quo, a lot of people have been trying to do the same thing she does on the streets. the thing is, one of the things i noticed about bahrain, if you have international attention [indiscernible] to some degree what my sister was able to do on the streets, many others could not. or they may scream at my sister, she has been arrested before, but what happens to other people who take the same stand, it would be far worse. i was talking to a former member of torture who had no lawyer during interrogation. i said, why would you answer any question without demanding your lawyer be there? another victim of torture who is sitting with the started laughing and said, do you think everyone is your sister? if we demand to see a lawyer, the interrogator says, locked the door, i now have a mckibben to my questions. >> can you talk about the u.s. role in this with the fifth fleet and then talk about saudi arabia as well? >> one of the main issues